老幼

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	young
trad. (老幼)		老	幼
simp. #(老幼)		老	幼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoyòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-yu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoyòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoyòu
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-yu⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoyow
    • Palladius: лаою (laoju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ jau³
    • Yale: lóuh yau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yeo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo` iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo<sup>3</sup> yiu<sup>4</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ i̯u⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo` (r)iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ (j)i̯u⁵⁵/

Noun

老幼

1. (literary) the young and the old

Synonyms

• 老嫩 (Hakka)
• 老小 (lǎoxiǎo)
• 老少 (lǎoshào)
• 長幼／长幼 (zhǎngyòu)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老	幼
ろう Grade: 4	よう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

老(ろう)幼(よう) • (rōyō) 

1. the old and the young

Synonyms

• 長幼(ちょうよう) (chōyō)